2011-2012 Nominees

Amazing Faces by Lee Bennett Hopkins

Balarama by Ted Lewin and Betsy Lewin

Black Elk's Vision by S.D. Nelson

Goal! by Mina Javaherbin

Happenstance Found by P.W. Catanese

Imogene's Last Stand by Candace Fleming

Louisa by Yona McDonough

Mirror Mirror by Marilyn Singer

Out of My Mind by Sharon Draper

The Buddy Files: the Lost Boy by Dori Butler

The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity by Mac Barnett

The Duchess of Whimsy by Randall de Seve

The Extraordinary Mark Twain by Barbara Kerley

The Hallelujah Flight by Phil Bildner

The Shadows by Jacqueline West

The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan

The Strange Case of the Origami Yoda by Tom Angleberger

The Witch's Guide to Cooking with Children by Keith McGowan

Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm

Wild Times at the Bed and Biscuit by Joan Carris